Coronavirus

New Delhi: The Centre is keeping a watch on the ‘dynamic and evolving’ situation due to the third wave of Covid-19. India currently is witnessing a hospitalisation rate of 5-10 per cent, the Centre said Monday. However, the need of for hospital care may increase...

Bhubaneswar: Amid the relentless rise in Covid-19 cases, the Odisha government Monday rolled out booster doses for its frontline workers and senior citizens with comorbidities. The booster doses are being given all across Odisha. Speaker of the Odisha Assembly, Surjya Narayan Patro, who is in...

Singapore: Beijing's plans to ensure next month's 2022 Winter Olympics go ahead safely during the Covid-19 pandemic look strong, a senior expert from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. According to Singapore's Chinese-language paper Lianhe Zaobao, WHO emergencies director Michael Ryan made the remarks...

London: An algorithm that can accurately predict the risk of developing severe complications due to Covid-19, including hospitalisation and death, has been developed by Dutch researchers. The algorithm can be applied to identify persons with highest risks from data in the electronic health records of...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday instructed officials to accelerate the vaccination drive for adolescents in "mission mode" during a high-level meeting to assess the Covid-19 pandemic situation in the country. During the meeting, he also reviewed the ongoing preparations of the health infrastructure...

New Delhi: The national capital Sunday reported 22,751 fresh Covid-19 cases -- the highest in the last eight months, after recording 25,219 cases in May 1, officials said. The new cases have pushed the infection tally to 15,49,730 in the national capital. Besides, a total...

Bhubaneswar: Amid exponential rise in fresh Covid cases, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Sunday announced seven more containment zones in the city. According to BMC Zonal Deputy Commissioner of Southeast Zone Mahendra Badhei, the containment zones are in Jharpada, Kalpana, Unit-IX and Unit-II areas of Bhubaneswar....

Chennai: Actor and producer Vishnu Vishal is the latest celebrity from the Tamil film industry to announce that he has tested positive for Covid. Taking to Twitter Sunday, Vishnu Vishal said that he had started 2022 with a positive result. He said, "Guys, Yes, I'm...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 4,714 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, 28 per cent more than the previous day, and the highest single-day spike in nearly six months, the Health Department said. The daily positivity rate jumped to 6.72 per cent from 5.15 Saturday. As many as 416...

New Delhi: India logged 552 new cases of Omicron, taking the total tally of such infections to 3,623 across 27 states and UTs so far, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Sunday. Out of the total Omicron cases, 1,409 people have migrated or...